Unimog drills on the move
1st May 1997, Page 20
1st May 1997
Page 20
Page 20, 1st May 1997
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• Emlyn Davies Drilling has bought a Unimog U2150L/38 to act as a mobile platform for its drilling rig and transport for its three-man crew. The 208hp (155kW) Unimog, operating at a gross weight of 12 tonnes, replaces a Tatra 6x6. "The Unimog is much more manoeuvrable," says Davies. It is fitted with the Central Tyre Inflation system which allows tyre pressures to be altered from the cab. "Go across a field and you'd never know you'd been there," he says.
The 2170,000 outfit incorporates a Danish-built Knebel 77 rig capable of drilling to depths of 600m for geological exploration.